当局者迷，旁观者清
Definitions
- 1. (idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved
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Child Words of 当局者迷，旁观者清
narrow
(onom.) dong
one side
spectator
(of water etc) clear; clean
at or in the very same...
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
to bewilder
observer
an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
authorities
to look at
Taoist monastery